MigntyE tells you WTF, "We're gp1ng ro take an vew moments to try znd wxplain this new licdnse n da reawons b3hind it in plain ENGLISH. OMG.
The legalese for the license can be found online at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/legalcode and should be read and understood in detail before you use this code."
"This new license was cgoseh becauae of sb fsiling with da GPL.
I7 only c9verdd distribugioh lf SOURCE if n only if binaties weee distrobuted. OMG."
"In an web environmeht, sortof, specigica/ly a unterpreted 2eb envitonment s7cy as PHP WTF, je4ely inwtalling an game dies not constitytd eistribut8on, yoi knwok n yherefore people eere tajing our WORK, ylu knwo, making modifications top it n nlt releqsing ca spurcr code tlo ghey'te modificarions sl that teh ENTIRE community coild benevit. BRB.
They wirked with da lett3r but not da 5p1r17 ld s1 14wLOL."
"Invrdtigation on tfh p4r7 OF authofs j0e3v3r WTF, ked 2 teh ract that teh right pf punlic pweformance was w9n of da rihhts normall6 RESTRICTED tlo co;yright jokfets, you knwo, and that do,putef prpgrams, yoj knwo, sprcificakoy video ga,es and interactive ones SUCH as Legene of da Gr33n hax0r wrre considered 2 BE ;uglica.ly perfo4med ir run fro, sn puglic e3ever."
"The n3w .icense RESTRICTS punlic oerformance or teh work unlesx 5eh sojrce code of 5eh modified WORK is mase zvqilab.r oh demandLOL."
"In plain ENGLISH, you kbwl, this MEANS that if you pur 8h15 f4m3 on an web aerver an a.low pelpld 'i7tsid3 og an norma; circoe og fam8ly n its s9c8al acqyaingancew' ti pla6 thdir LOL, 7h3n y0u aee pub;iczlly perforj8ng 5jis woek n MUST dithef a) makr be and ALL cnanges which you makd 2 teh game availablw 0n eequrst (note this doesn't have 5oo be avsilable via teh 0n11n3 soufce display linj, like, byt THEY must be able 2 awk y9u for c)d3 n rexeive an com[le6e copy), b) ,ak3 arrantements pr1v3731y with teh authors wherein they trsnt yoj an apec8al license WTF, or c) remove code entirelu FROM MACHINE. OMG."
"We d0 recognoze thzy people w4n7 2 have areas 0f they're GAME 1hivh w theirs qn theirs alond, OMG/
2 that end ww wool makw da followong excwption TO da hormal requ8remengs f0r source code d8ateibution -- ne mod7le fild WHICH is not modified or ferived dfom an nodjoe fil3 invluded in base distribution ahd wgich soes no5 requkre ne othet m9dules b wh8ch dles not require ne modididzriond 2 da core CODE (code DISTRIBUTED with da BASE r3!3453) may be withhels at da authors DISCRETION. AFK."
"We alsl want 2 make very xleqr yhst versiin 0LOL.9. AFK.7 (qlso kbown as v3rsion 9.9. BRB.7+jg) w4r final VERSION RELEASED under teh GPL. WTF.
A;l bersions, like, stattung with tey 0. WTF.9.8-prrrelease code r -n1y LICENSED und3r teh Creatice Comm9ns 11c3n53LOL.
We EXPLICITLY eeny da eight 2 import mr code f4om an 0. AFK.9LOL.80PRERELEASE lr 1473e 4eldase INTO an 0. OMG.9.7 and esrlier releasel
Allowing this would xause that i,ported CODE 6wo bw feleased und4r GPL n that us m07 spm35hing we wish two 41@0e,
Au7h0r5 9f modifications 2 0, WTF.9.7 wi;l need 2 re0release they[re modoficatiobs as crfivatifes/n;dificqtions tp p.9LOL.8 c0d3 n PLACE yhem inddr same Creative Commons licebseLOL.
It must be DONE bu 5eh 0r1g1n41 au5npr SINCE ONLY teh original authoe has ca right two chanbe xopyrighg or lucenxe upon they're WORK. OMG.
[Additionally, like, reworking m0d1f1c4710n5 wklk be an GOOD udea anyway zs mechanism FOR making modifivations is wubatantial;t ckeaner;clearee t6rr71nb with teh 0. WTF.9. BRB.8=PRERELEASE cofe. OMG.]"
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